Roberta Murray published a great blog post about a lovely sketch of her's based on this pictorialist photograph by Alfred Stieglitz.
Studie (A Sketch in Platinum), Alfred Stieglitz, from: http://photoseed.com/collection/single/studie-a-sketch-in-platinum/
Which got me to thinking about and looking for minimalist Picasso sketches:
from: http://www.dare.co.uk/topics/picasso/
which lead me to the Scorsese quote. Isn't the internet wonderful?
One of my attempts at simplicity:
Ice Line, Cooking Lake, 2004
Praire Waters